Word: wet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nicholas Murray Butler, Wet, made a speech a few weeks ago to an institute of arts and sciences at Columbia University, of which he is the hearty, eloquent president. Institutes of arts and sciences are gatherings at which subjects like Assyrian pottery, television, marine fossils or pure poetry may appropriately be discussed, on their artistic or scientific merits...
...heels of Wet President Butler's speech came a public statement by Dry Senator William Edgar Borah of Idaho, followed last fortnight by a speech and last week by another speech and several press statements from Senator Borah...
...wet field made the going difficult, but the passing of both teams was accurate and in most cases the passes were completed for long gains. Touchdowns were scored by the Alpha Sigma Phi's in the first and third quarters. A last minute rally netted the Whippets their only touchdown...
Here is as good-natured a show as was ever fished out of fresh water. Like most things fished out of freshwater, it is inclined to be a bit wet, but it is all right for Harvard undergraduates who want to see what college is really like...
Ohio. The big issue was a referendum on a bill which would have reestablished "kangaroo courts" (justices of the peace who share in the fines they impose for liquor law violation).*The Anti-Saloon League pressed the bill as a Wet & Dry issue. The bill was defeated by some 300,000 votes. ... In Cleveland it was voted not to revert to mayoralty form of government, to retain the city manager plan, of which Cleveland is the most populous exponent...